Control of autogenous activation of Herbaspirillum seropedicae nifA promoter by the IHF protein
2002
Wassem, R. | Pedrosa, F.O. | Yates, M.G. | Rego, F.G.M. | Chubatsu, L.S. | Rigo, L.U. | Souza, E.M.
Analysis of the expression of the Herbaspirillum seropedicae nifA promoter in Escherichia coli and Herbaspirillum seropedicae, showed that nifA expression is primarily dependent on NtrC but also required NifA for maximal expression under nitrogen-fixing conditions. Deletion of the IHF (integration host factor)-binding site produced a promoter with two-fold higher activity than the native promoter in the H. seropedicae wild-type strain but not in a nifA strain, indicating that IHF controls NifA auto-activation. IHF is apparently required to prevent overexpression of the NifA protein via auto-activation under nitrogen-fixing conditions in H. seropedicae.
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